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Wikipedia: ""Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph.

The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch single We Will Rock You by child singer Christopher. This recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and arranged by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Joe Cuddy's version was a number one hit in Ireland in 1974. The song was voted Broadway Song of the Year in 1981 and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1991.[1]

The song was performed by Jason Donovan, Donny Osmond and Lee Mead at the Concert for Diana on 1 July 2007.

It was notably parodied by Irish radio personality Mario Rosenstock in 2005 as "José and his Amazing Technicolor Overcoat", a send-up of then-Chelsea F.C. manager José Mourinho. It was also parodied by a musical duo Amateur Transplants on their first album Fitness to Practice as "Mr Burton".

"Any Dream Will Do" has melodic similarities to the Grateful Dead song "Ripple" (1970)[2] and the gospel hymn "Because He Lives" (1971),[3] but precedes either of them.

Jason Donovan version
"Any Dream Will Do"
Jason Donovan any dream will do.jpg
Single by Jason Donovan
B-side "Close Every Door"
Released 10 June 1991
Length 3:54
Label
Really Useful GroupPolydor
Composer(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyricist(s) Tim Rice
Producer(s) Nigel Wright
Jason Donovan singles chronology
"R.S.V.P"
(1991) "Any Dream Will Do"
(1991) "Happy Together"
(1991)
In 1991, the song was released as a single by Jason Donovan, who was then playing Joseph in the West End production of the musical at the London Palladium. The single topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in June and July 1991; in July, it was certified Gold by the BPI for sales greater than 400,000 copies. In Donovan's native Australia, "Any Dream Will Do" peaked at number 92 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August 1991. The song was also a number-one hit in Ireland and a number-three hit in Austria.

The song was also performed by The X Factor duo Same Difference, with Jason Donovan, on 15 December 2007."

lyrics

Any Dream Will Do
Jason Donovan

I closed my eyes
Drew back the curtain
To see for certain
What I thought I knew
Far, far away
Someone was weeping
But the world was sleeping
Any dream will do
I wore my coat (I wore my coat)
With golden lining (Aaah)
Bright colours shining (Aah)
Wonderful and new
And in the east (And in the east)
The dawn was breaking (Aaah)
And the world was waking (Aah)
Any dream will do
A crash of drums, a flash of lights
My golden cloaks flew out of sights
The colours faded into darkness
I was left alone
May I return (May I return)
To the beginning? (Aaah)
The light is dimming (Aah)
And the dream is too
The world and I (The world and I)
We are still waiting (Aaah)
Still hesitating (Aah)
Any dream will do
A crash of drums, a flash of lights
My golden cloaks flew out of sights
The colours faded into darkness
I was left alone
May I return (May I return)
To the beginning? (Aaah)
The light is dimming (Aah)
And the dream is too
The world and I (The world and I)
We are still waiting (Aaah)
Still hesitating
Any dream will do (Any dream, any dream, any dream)
Any dream will do (Any dream, any dream, any dream)
Any dream will do (Any dream, any dream, any dream)
Any dream will do (Any dream, any dream, any dream)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Lloyd-webber Andrew / Rice Timothy Miles Bindon
Any Dream Will Do lyrics © The Really Useful Group Ltd., The Really Useful Music Co

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from Theodore Frederickson, We Sing, We Dance. You Run Away., released July 9, 2021
Written by Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice
Vocal Producer/Mixing/Mastering: Nery Bauer
Vocalist: Theodore Frederickson

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